Galaxy admins obtained the ability to install Galaxy tool’s
dependencies using the Conda package manager. This is a Beta feature
and we encourage interested deployers to opt-in by modifying configuration.
Documentation that explains this switch and answers FAQ is available.

Dynamic tool destinations

Our friends from Canada National Microbiology Laboratory enhanced
Galaxy with feature that allows dynamic mapping of tools to destinations
based on finer grained admin-specified rules. Please see the
wiki.
Implemented in PR #2579

Galaxy chat

Admins can now plug in the included communication server to enable
users of their instance to use real-time chat within the Galaxy interface.
Please see the documentation
to learn how to activate and use this feature.
Implemented in PR #2515